The Prince of Wales attacked "short-term, fashionable" trends in education yesterday which he said were threatening the "foundations of civilised existence".Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here

Young people are heading towards a world in which books and other traditional media have almost no place, writes Adam Fox
The government's watchdog on teaching and examining, the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), issued a booklet this week on the future of the major subjects studied in English schools....
This is appropriate: the book is history.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here

As former winners, we acknowledge the truly unique contribution the
Commonwealth Writers' prize has made in promoting literacy as a tool to
empower and enrich the lives of millions...Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here

The opening book of His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman's epic trilogy of wonder and love, won the supreme accolade in its field last night. Northern Lights was declared the finest children's book of the past 70 years, handsomely topping a readers' poll as the best winner of the annual Carnegie medal published in that time.Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here

Sir: It's a pity I've retired from my job teaching A-Level English, because I would have loved to have seen what my students made of the pieces by Philip Hensher and Bethan Marshall. [And other letters in response to the Independent's articles]Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here

In France, they complain that English writing style has killed the semi-colon; it’s too direct, they say. Two writers join a debate that has brought grammarians to a full stopLink broken or innaccurate? Please report here

Tests for primary school pupils and 14-year-olds in England should be replaced with teacher assessments, a think tank says.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said "too many" pupils left primary school unable to read and write and do mathematics well. Link broken or innaccurate? Please report here